It's a homebrew thing... you wouldn't understand.

[Saboral]

Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.

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As I now ride home listening to some sweet Kenny Loggins!

 

[Psylocide]

 

[72hw]

Beyond the collection of bottles, weird fittings and coils of tubing there are the refrigerators. Explaining to SWMBO why another is needed seemed to get harder every time! This one is for crashing, this one will power my fermentation chamber and yes, the chest freezer will most definitely fit there!

 

[MaxStout]

"You have a refrigerator just for beer?"

Just? The nerve of some people.

 

[Moose_MI]

4. When you walk through a hardware store or home center, you're constantly thinking about how items on the shelves could be adapted to homebrewing use.

5. At the beer store, your choice has at least a little to do with whether the bottles will be good for homebrew.

Thanks for posting this...I was afraid I was the only one....whew

 

[Riot]

You feel bad when people at the hardware store try to help you because you've confused the **** out of too many of them. Its so much easier to find things and test fit them myself then try to explain what I want to accomplish to the people trying to do their jobs

 

[jimbobbillyray]

"You have a refrigerator just for beer?"

Just? The nerve of some people.

Of course!

 

[btbnl]

"You have a refrigerator just for beer?"

A refrigerator? The nerve of some people.

 

[antony]

...and yes, the chest freezer will most definitely fit there!

Just picked up a second fermentation chamber...sadly my wife thought I was replacing the first one, not acquiring a second. "Why would I replace it? 2 is so much better than one! I'll make room..."

 

[thaymond]

"You have a refrigerator just for beer?"

Just? The nerve of some people.

You have just ONE refrigerator for beer?

Says the homebrewer.

 

[sudbuddy]

"How did you get such a nice kegerator?"
"Oh, you just pop the lid off a chest freezer, build a collar, put in your shanks, make a nice facade..."
*Blank stares*
"It's easy, you should do it"
*blanker stares*
"I can help you"
*F&ck off*

 

[thaymond]

Trips to the grocery store warrant questions, such as "can I brew with that?" "does this have preservatives?" and "what flavor would this have fermented out?"

 

[MSAstoria]

4. When you walk through a hardware store or home center, you're constantly thinking about how items on the shelves could be adapted to homebrewing use.


My favorite illustration of this is the number of reviews on Home Depot's website that begin, "I bought this for homebrewing and . . ."

 

[unionrdr]

Ha, I gotta remember to do that on their site now! Dat's a gude von!...

 

[thaymond]

My favorite so far: neighbor comes over and asks "whatcha doin, Walter White?" I replied " not much, Jessie." He helped me make beer and chase flies with a fly swatter. It was hilarious.

 

[bjbear]

Your top 5 saved searches on Craigslist are: beer, brew, keg, stainless and fridge

 

[1977Brewer]

When you tell your wife you're going to "pop in" to the new LHBS and end up staying for an hour. If one of us had more beer I might have stayed longer.

 

[sudbuddy]

When you tell your wife you're going to "pop in" to the new LHBS and end up staying for an hour. If one of us had more beer I might have stayed longer.

Good man

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

I was brewing in the back yard once, listening to my headphones as I gradually become aware of a voice saying "Sir! Excuse me SIR!" I turn around and there are two cops leaning over the gate trying to get my attention.

"What's the problem officer?" I ask.
"We got a call about suspicious activity in one of these back yards." Both cops and my eyes drift over to the boiling 10 gallon pot and copper immersion chiller.
"...." Silence from me, wondering where this is going.
Long moment of silence before one of them says, "You brewing beer?"
"Yes, I am," Says I trying to get my heart rate under control.
"Well, don't do anything suspicious in a month or two and we won't be back to try it," says one as they walk away. I got busted by a cop who actually has some familiarity with home brewing, my lucky day.

When they said they got the call, you should have said "Officer, I've been out here a few hours and haven't seen anything suspicious."

 

[Gary_Oak]

Ha #5 doesn't apply to me I'm only 19

 

[PlexVector]

I was brewing in the back yard once, listening to my headphones as I gradually become aware of a voice saying "Sir! Excuse me SIR!" I turn around and there are two cops leaning over the gate trying to get my attention.

"What's the problem officer?" I ask.
"We got a call about suspicious activity in one of these back yards." Both cops and my eyes drift over to the boiling 10 gallon pot and copper immersion chiller.
"...." Silence from me, wondering where this is going.
Long moment of silence before one of them says, "You brewing beer?"
"Yes, I am," Says I trying to get my heart rate under control.
"Well, don't do anything suspicious in a month or two and we won't be back to try it," says one as they walk away. I got busted by a cop who actually has some familiarity with home brewing, my lucky day.

Obviously, they've seen this before. Just be glad you weren't their first!

 

[SnakeRidge]

When they said they got the call, you should have said "Officer, I've been out here a few hours and haven't seen anything suspicious."

Yeah... it's funny because the guys throwing fireworks at each other and smoking hand rolled 'cigars' had just gone back inside for more 40's. I'm pretty sure they got a less than pleasant visit from those officers.

 

[passedpawn]

There's some aspects of homebrewing that when you pick up the hobby, you don't necessarily expect.

1.) If ...

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6. ) You'll get banned for being on the forum and announcing you're under 21.

Ha #5 doesn't apply to me I'm only 19

No. 6 does.

 

[PlexVector]

I'm thinking either "muggles" or "normies."

"Muggle" would mean that at least one parent or distant relative brewed or had brewed beer. Wouldn't it?

 

[PlexVector]

6. Non-brewers have a different interpretation of the term "brewing." I had this conversation with a co-worker recently:
Co-worker: "How long does it take to brew a batch of beer?"
Me: "About 4 hours."
Co: "Cool. So you can brew in the morning and start drinking it in the afternoon?"
Me: "Well, no, it has to ferment a few weeks. Then I bottle it and it takes some time to carbonate. So, about a month or more, grain to glass."
Co: "Oh...not much instant gratification in that hobby, is there?"

Thusly the term "Pipeline" was created!

 

[Dmlsys23]

"Muggle" would mean that at least one parent or distant relative brewed or had brewed beer. Wouldn't it?

I thought that was a squib.

 

[PlexVector]

I thought that was a squib.

Oh Crap! Maybe I meant Muggle-Born. so:

1. You have to explain to non-brewers how the concept of "pipeline" works. And why it's necessary to have 5 gallons of each type of beer.
2. You don't have a snarky name for non-brewers, but you're thinking of one.
3. You have become a bit of a germaphobe.
4. When you walk through a hardware store or home center, you're constantly thinking about how items on the shelves could be adapted to homebrewing use.
5. At the beer store, your choice has at least a little to do with whether the bottles will be good for homebrew. But if you keg, you don't care if it's cans.

I'm thinking either "muggles" or "normies."

Buggle: non-homebrewers
Buggle-Born: homebrewers born from non homebrewing parents
Squibble: non-homebrewer of parents where one or more parent homebrew.

 

[NCSU_Brewer]

You'll clean a stack of dirty dishes for the wife, just so you can wash bottles & other, more important stuff.

This is my go-to move, and it keeps my wife happy. Every time I have brewed or bottled, I have left the kitchen cleaner than I found it. It's like my own little Pavlovian experiment. "The kitchen is a mess. NCSU_Brewer, when are you going to brew again?!?!?"

 

[NCSU_Brewer]

Also:

"Can I have those empty beer bottles?"

 

[ruralbrew]

You keep checking Amazon Prime to see if they have started selling 50 lb bags of malt.